Cybersecurity company Route443 chooses to expand in Heerlen at the Brightlands Smart Services Campus. To provide new jobs and strengthen the campus ecosystem, the company will receive a €50,000 grant from the Economic Structure Enhancement Fund (FES).
The living and housing climate in Heerlen is under pressure. Usurious rents are a regular occurrence, vacant properties are a thorn in many people's side and abusive landlords are harming their tenants and their environment. In recent years we have taken great steps to get a grip on these issues.
After years of shrinkage, the municipality of Heerlen is now confidently moving toward growth. With the ambition to add at least 7,000 new homes to the city before 2050, Heerlen is choosing a course with guts, vision and ambition. We do this by prioritizing housing projects that contribute most to our housing ambition.
Last year, the municipality completed 14 projects in public spaces. With this work, more than 11 million euros were invested throughout the city, mostly in our neighborhoods and districts. Currently, work is already underway on many other locations.
The municipality is working on a new heart for Heerlerbaan. Shopping center Giesen Bautsch will be renovated. Above the stores there will be 41 apartments for sale in the middle segment. Together with the Brede Maatschappelijke Voorziening (BMV) and community center Caumerbron, this will create a place where shopping, living and meeting come together.
During the Limburg Archaeology Day 2025 at the Limburgs Museum, the cup inscribed FLAC was voted the Limburg Top Find! This unique find, excavated in 2024 on Raadhuisplein in Heerlen, was found in an early Roman tomb near the intersection of two Roman roads.
On April 23, 2024, the municipality of Heerlen received word that as of 2030 the hospital in Heerlen will no longer have room for emergency rooms, ICUs and a birthing center. The municipality commissioned second-opinion studies. The results are known.
Want to learn more about local politics and how you can actively contribute yourself? Heerlen City Council is offering a unique opportunity to residents interested in politics! Starting in early 2025, the Heerlen City Council will start the Politically Active course.
